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A lengthy Columbia Law School investigation has revealed the state of Texas executed an innocent man more than two decades ago. Carlos DeLuna was killed by lethal injection on December 8, 1989, for stabbing a woman to death in a gas station. But DeLuna told the jury he had witnessed another man, named Carlos Hernandez, wrestling with the victim in the gas station on the night of the murder. Prosecutors ridiculed him, saying police had been unable to find Carlos Hernandez, despite the man’s len...
Virginia’s Republican-led House has rejected the judicial nomination of an openly gay prosecutor after opponents said he would push an activist agenda. Tracy Thorne-Begland, a former Navy officer and fighter pilot, failed to gain the necessary majority when lawmakers voted 33-to-31 to support him, with 10 abstaining. Thorne-Begland was the only candidate among more than three dozen judicial nominees to be rejected. Two decades ago, Thorne-Begland appeared on ABC’s “Nightline” and disclosed his...
House Speaker John Boehner has revived the hard-line Republican stance on the debt ceiling. On Tuesday, Boehner said he would again block another increase to the federal debt limit unless it was offset by larger cuts to government spending. A similar move from Boehner and House Republicans last year consumed Washington and nearly brought about a U.S. default on its national debt. As Boehner issued the threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigned in Iowa, where he challenged...
The Justice Department has opened a criminal probe of a $2 billion trading loss at the nation’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase. JPMorgan acknowledged the loss last week, saying it had come out on the losing end of a risky bet in derivatives. The loss has renewed calls for tougher regulation of Wall Street, with critics saying JPMorgan would have avoided the loss under regulations it opposed. Speaking for a group of shareholders.
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